City Doctors do Sutureless Brain Aneurysm Surgery
Brain attack due to
ruptured brain blood vessel known as Ruptured intracranial aneurysm is a very
serious and life threatening condition which requires immediate surgical
treatment known as Craniotomy and Aneurysm clipping. Patients initially present
with only severe headache. World over, Neurosurgeons are moving
towards"Sutureless surgery" known as Endovascular coiling of Brain
aneurysm. In this technique, a small Platinum coil of the size of a Human
hair is introduced from a smallpuncture
in the thigh into the desired brain blood vessel. The procedure takes only 2-3
hours and patient can usually walk home in a couple of days said Dr Madhukar T
Nayak, the Endovascular Neurosurgeon. He is incidentally the first Neurosurgeon
in whole of Western Karnataka to have performed this procedure. He obtained his
advanced training in Neuro endovascular surgery from Tokyo, Japan. The treating
team included neurosurgeons Dr Madhukar Nayak, Dr Geover Lobo and
Anaesthetists Dr Harshavardhan and Dr
Antony.
Father Muller Medical College Hospital which has an advanced, highly equipped Neuro Cathlab facility aims to provide advanced, state of the treatment at affordable price for the common man, said Rev. Fr Richard Coelho, the Administrator of Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangaluru.